Overview
Song Ruwei was an official and Writer.
Life and dates
Death
- Knew the time of death; spirit remained composed near the end; died in Shu before his wife learned of it · At Shu 蜀 · Until Source Date: Text: 三十二年 · Western Year: AD 1162Directly stated · History of Song 399, passages 284, 286-287
Attested activity
- AD 1162 三十二年Dated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 287
- AD 1140 to AD 1162 其客蜀也Dated from the passage context · History of Song 399, passage 286
- AD 1155 檜死Directly stated · History of Song 399, passages 282-283
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Nanqiang (南強)son 子Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 288
- Spouse of Qian (錢)wife 妻 · Widowed
wife 妻Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 287
- Kinship Role sons · Count 1 · one son specially given an office after Nanqiang's appealDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 288
- Kinship Role ancestors · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 284
Career and standing
- one son specially given an office 特官一子AD 1164 隆興二年 · Posthumous benefitDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 288
- StatedOld ageDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
- SufferedDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 金國 · Relation Returned fromDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passages 282, 294
- At Jin 金國 · Relation Returned fromDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- At Shu 蜀 · Relation Sojourned inDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
Learning and skills
- Skill broad learning 博物洽聞 · Level renownedDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 285
Works and attributed material
- Collected Works of Loyalty and Excellence 忠嘉集Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 289
- Collected Works of Loyalty and Excellence 忠嘉集Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 289
- AD 1155 檜死Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 282
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Qidao (企道)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
Events and relationships
- Commented on qin hui deathAD 1155 檜死 · Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 282
- Fled and diedPolitical · Fugitive · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Foreknew death and died composedPersonal · SubjectDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 284
- Funeral managed by friendsFuneral · Deceased · At Shu 蜀Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
- Kept close company in shuSocial · Sojourner · At Shu 蜀Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
- Refused to resume former affairsDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
Show 10 more source-backed claims
- Returned from jin and spoke bluntlyPolitical · ReturneeDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Sacrificed to ancestors and wailedRitual · SacrificerDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 284
- Sought by edict and not foundAD 1162 三十二年 · Legal · Missing personDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 287
- Relation Fellow opponent with · Person Lou Yinliang (婁寅亮)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Relation Friend of · Person Li Tao (李燾)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
- Relation Political opponent of · Person Qin Hui (秦檜)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Relation Friend of · Person Shi Zaizhi (史載之)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
- Relation Acquaintance of · Person Qidao (企道)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
- Relation Friend of · Person Yuwen Liang (宇文亮)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
- Relation Friend of · Person Shao Bo (邵博)Directly stated · History of Song 399, passage 286
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment could drink more than a dou without being seen drunk; sometimes sang or wept with tears · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 285
- Assessment counsel cutting and direct · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 294
- Assessment free-spirited, valued integrity, broadly learned and well informed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 285
- drank more than a dou at a sitting yet was never seen drunkCapacity for drinkDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 285
- knew the time of his death; near the end his spirit remained composedForeknowledge of deathDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 284
Source notes
- from youth studied and entered service aiming to avenge the state and recover territory; newly risen nobles did not know him in old ageDirectly stated · History of Song 399, passage 283
References in the histories
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